| Package | mx.controls |
| Class | public class FlexNativeMenu |
| Inheritance | FlexNativeMenu  EventDispatcher Object |
| Implements | ILayoutManagerClient, IFlexContextMenu, IAutomationObject |
| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Like other Flex menu components, to define the structure of a menu represented by a
FlexNativeMenu component, you create a data provider such as an XML hierarchy or an array
of objects containing data to be used to define the menu. Several properties can be set to
define how the data provider data is interpreted, such as the labelField property
to specify the data field that is used for the menu item label, the keyEquivalentField
property to specify the field that defines a keyboard equivalent shortcut for the menu item,
and the mnemonicIndexField property to specify the field that defines the index
position of the character in the label that is used as the menu item's mnemonic.
The data provider for FlexNativeMenu items can specify several attributes that determine how the item is displayed and behaves, as the following XML data provider shows:
<mx:XML format="e4x" id="myMenuData">
<root>
<menuitem label="MenuItem A">
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="False"/>
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2"/>
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="MenuItem B" type="check" toggled="true"/>
<menuitem label="MenuItem C" type="check" toggled="false"/>
<menuitem type="separator"/>
<menuitem label="MenuItem D">
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-1"/>
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-2"/>
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-3"/>
</menuitem>
</root>
</mx:XML>
The following table lists the attributes you can specify, their data types, their purposes, and how the data provider must represent them if the menu uses the DefaultDataDescriptor class to parse the data provider:
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
altKey
| Boolean | Specifies whether the Alt key is required as part of the key equivalent for the item. |
cmdKey
| Boolean |
Note: this attribute is deprecated as of Flex 3.2. Use
commandKey instead. Specifies whether the Command key is required as part
of the key equivalent for the item. |
commandKey
| Boolean | Specifies whether the Command key is required as part of the key equivalent for the item. |
controlKey
| Boolean | Specifies whether the Control key is required as part of the key equivalent for the item. |
ctrlKey
| Boolean |
Note: this attribute is deprecated as of Flex 3.2. Use
controlKey instead. Specifies whether the Control key is required as part
of the key equivalent for the item. |
enabled
| Boolean | Specifies whether the user can select the menu item (true),
or not (false). If not specified, Flex treats the item as if
the value were true.
If you use the default data descriptor, data providers must use an enabled
XML attribute or object field to specify this characteristic. |
keyEquivalent
| String | Specifies a keyboard character which, when pressed, triggers an event as though
the menu item was selected. The menu's keyEquivalentField or
keyEquivalentFunction property determines the name of the field
in the data that specifies the key equivalent, or a function for determining
the key equivalents. (If the data provider is in E4X XML format, you must specify
one of these properties to assign a key equivalent.) |
label
| String | Specifies the text that appears in the control. This item is used for all
menu item types except separator.
The menu's labelField or labelFunction property
determines the name of the field in the data that specifies the label,
or a function for determining the labels. (If the data provider is in E4X XML format,
you must specify one of these properties to display a label.)
If the data provider is an Array of Strings, Flex uses the String value as the label. |
mnemonicIndex
| Integer | Specifies the index position of the character in the label that is used as the
mnemonic for the menu item. The menu's mnemonicIndexField or
mnemonicIndexFunction property determines the name of the field
in the data that specifies the mnemonic index, or a function for determining
mnemonic index. (If the data provider is in E4X XML format, you must specify
one of these properties to specify a mnemonic index in the data.) Alternatively,
you can indicate that a character in the label is the menu item's mnemonic by
including an underscore immediately to the left of that character. |
shiftKey
| Boolean | Specifies whether the Shift key is required as part of the key equivalent for the item. |
toggled
| Boolean | Specifies whether a check item is selected.
If not specified, Flex treats the item as if the value were false
and the item is not selected.
If you use the default data descriptor, data providers must use a toggled
XML attribute or object field to specify this characteristic. |
type
| String | Specifies the type of menu item. Meaningful values are separator and
check. Flex treats all other values,
or nodes with no type entry, as normal menu entries.
If you use the default data descriptor, data providers must use a type
XML attribute or object field to specify this characteristic. |
To create a window menu, set the FlexNativeMenu as the menu property of the
Window or WindowedApplication instance on which the menu should appear. To create an application
menu, assign the FlexNativeMenu as the menu property of the application's
WindowedApplication. To assign a FlexNativeMenu as the context menu for a portion of the user interface,
call the FlexNativeMenu instance's setContextMenu() method, passing the UI object
as an argument. Call the FlexNativeMenu component's display() method to display the
menu as a pop-up menu anywhere on one of the application's windows.
To detect when menu items commands are triggered, register a listener for the itemClick
event. You can also register a listener for the menuShow event to determine when
any menu or submenu is opened.
Show MXML Syntax
Hide MXML SyntaxThe <mx:FlexNativeMenu> tag supports the following tag attributes:
<mx:FlexNativeMenu
Properties
dataDescriptor="mx.controls.treeClasses.DefaultDataDescriptor"
dataProvider="undefined"
keyEquivalentField="keyEquivalent"
keyEquivalentFunction="undefined"
keyEquivalentModifiersFunction="undefined"
labelField="label"
labelFunction="undefined"
mnemonicIndexField="mnemonicIndex"
mnemonicIndexFunction="undefined"
showRoot="true"
Events
itemClick="No default"
menuShow="No default"
/>
More examples
Defining FlexNativeMenu menu structure and data
Example: An Array FlexNativeMenu data provider
Example: An XML FlexNativeMenu data provider
Specifying menu item mnemonics
Related API Elements
| Property | Defined By | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| automationDelegate : Object
The delegate object that handles the automation-related functionality. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationEnabled : Boolean [read-only]
True if this component is enabled for automation, false
otherwise. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationName : String
Name that can be used as an identifier for this object. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationOwner : DisplayObjectContainer
The owner of this component for automation purposes. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationParent : DisplayObjectContainer
The parent of this component for automation purposes. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationTabularData : Object [read-only]
An implementation of the IAutomationTabularData interface, which
can be used to retrieve the data. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationValue : Array [read-only]
This value generally corresponds to the rendered appearance of the
object and should be usable for correlating the identifier with
the object as it appears visually within the application. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| automationVisible : Boolean [read-only]
True if this component is visible for automation, false
otherwise. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
 | constructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object | |
| dataDescriptor : IMenuDataDescriptor
The object that accesses and manipulates data in the data provider. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| dataProvider : Object
The hierarchy of objects that are used to define the structure
of menu items in the NativeMenu. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| hasRoot : Boolean [read-only]
A flag that indicates that the current data provider has a root node; for example,
a single top node in a hierarchical structure. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| initialized : Boolean
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases
of layout: commitment, measurement, and layout (provided that any were required). | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| keyEquivalentField : String
The name of the field in the data provider that determines the
key equivalent for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| keyEquivalentFunction : Function
The function that determines the key equivalent for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| keyEquivalentModifiersFunction : Function
The function that determines the key equivalent modifiers for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| labelField : String
The name of the field in the data provider that determines the
text to display for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| labelFunction : Function
The function that determines the text to display for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| mnemonicIndexField : String
The name of the field in the data provider that determines the
mnemonic index for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| mnemonicIndexFunction : Function
The function that determines the mnemonic index for each menu item. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| nativeMenu : NativeMenu [read-only]
Returns the flash.display.NativeMenu managed by this object,
or null if there is not one. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| nestLevel : int
Depth of this object in the containment hierarchy. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| numAutomationChildren : int [read-only]
The number of automation children this container has. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| processedDescriptors : Boolean
Set to true after immediate or deferred child creation,
depending on which one happens. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| prototype : Object [static]
A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object. | Object | |
| showInAutomationHierarchy : Boolean
A flag that determines if an automation object
shows in the automation hierarchy. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| showRoot : Boolean
A Boolean flag that specifies whether to display the data provider's
root node. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| updateCompletePendingFlag : Boolean
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases
of layout validation (provided that any were required). | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| Method | Defined By | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Constructor. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener
receives notification of an event. | EventDispatcher | |
Returns a set of properties that identify the child within
this container. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Returns a set of properties that identify the child within
this container. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
|
Dispatches an event into the event flow. | EventDispatcher | |
Pops up this menu at the specified location. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Provides the automation object at the specified index. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Provides the automation object list . | FlexNativeMenu | ||
|
Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type
of event. | EventDispatcher | |
|
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined. | Object | |
Marks a component so that its commitProperties()
method gets called during a later screen update. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
|
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified
as the parameter. | Object | |
|
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object | |
|
Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. | EventDispatcher | |
Replays the specified event. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Resolves a child by using the id provided. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Sets the context menu of the InteractiveObject to the underlying native menu. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
|
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object | |
|
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object | |
|
Returns the string representation of the specified object. | Object | |
Unsets the context menu of the InteractiveObject that has been set to
the underlying native menu. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Validates the position and size of children and draws other
visuals. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Validates and updates the properties and layout of this object
and redraws it, if necessary. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Validates the properties of a component. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Validates the measured size of the component
If the LayoutManager.invalidateSize() method is called with
this ILayoutManagerClient, then the validateSize() method
is called when it's time to do measurements. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
|
Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object | |
|
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of
its ancestors for the specified event type. | EventDispatcher | |
| Method | Defined By | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Processes the properties set on the component. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Returns the key equivalent for the given data object
based on the keyEquivalentField and keyEquivalentFunction
properties. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Returns the key equivalent modifiers for the given data object
based on the keyEquivalentModifiersFunction property. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Returns the String to use as the menu item label for the given data
object, based on the labelField and labelFunction
properties. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Returns the mnemonic index for the given data object
based on the mnemonicIndexField and mnemonicIndexFunction
properties. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Extracts the mnemonic index from a label based on the presence of
an underscore character. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
Determines the actual label to be used for the NativeMenuItem
by removing underscore characters and converting escaped underscore
characters, if there are any. | FlexNativeMenu | ||
| Event | Summary | Defined By | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active. | EventDispatcher | ||
| [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive. | EventDispatcher | ||
| Dispatched when a menu item is selected. | FlexNativeMenu | |||
| Dispatched before a menu or submenu is displayed. | FlexNativeMenu | |||
automationDelegate | property |
automationEnabled | property |
automationName | property |
automationOwner | property |
automationOwner:DisplayObjectContainer| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The owner of this component for automation purposes.
Implementation
public function get automationOwner():DisplayObjectContainer public function set automationOwner(value:DisplayObjectContainer):void automationParent | property |
automationParent:DisplayObjectContainer| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The parent of this component for automation purposes.
Implementation
public function get automationParent():DisplayObjectContainer public function set automationParent(value:DisplayObjectContainer):void automationTabularData | property |
automationValue | property |
automationValue:Array [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
This value generally corresponds to the rendered appearance of the object and should be usable for correlating the identifier with the object as it appears visually within the application.
Implementation
public function get automationValue():Array automationVisible | property |
dataDescriptor | property |
dataDescriptor:IMenuDataDescriptor| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The object that accesses and manipulates data in the data provider. The FlexNativeMenu control delegates to the data descriptor for information about its data. This data is then used to parse and move about the data source. The data descriptor defined for the FlexNativeMenu is used for all child menus and submenus.
When you specify this property as an attribute in MXML, you must use a reference to the data descriptor, not the string name of the descriptor. Use the following format for setting the property:
<mx:FlexNativeMenu id="flexNativeMenu" dataDescriptor="{new MyCustomDataDescriptor()}"/>
Alternatively, you can specify the property in MXML as a nested subtag, as the following example shows:
<mx:FlexNativeMenu>
<mx:dataDescriptor>
<myCustomDataDescriptor>
</mx:dataDescriptor>
...
The default value is an internal instance of the DefaultDataDescriptor class.
Implementation
public function get dataDescriptor():IMenuDataDescriptor public function set dataDescriptor(value:IMenuDataDescriptor):void dataProvider | property |
dataProvider:Object| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The hierarchy of objects that are used to define the structure of menu items in the NativeMenu. Individual data objects define menu items, and items with child items become menus and submenus.
The FlexNativeMenu control handles the source data object as follows:
- A String containing valid XML text is converted to an XML object.
- An XMLNode is converted to an XML object.
- An XMLList is converted to an XMLListCollection.
- Any object that implements the ICollectionView interface is cast to an ICollectionView.
- An Array is converted to an ArrayCollection.
- Any other type object is wrapped in an Array with the object as its sole entry.
The default value is "undefined".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the collectionChange event.
Implementation
public function get dataProvider():Object public function set dataProvider(value:Object):void hasRoot | property |
hasRoot:Boolean [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
A flag that indicates that the current data provider has a root node; for example, a single top node in a hierarchical structure. XML and Object are examples of types that have a root node, while Lists and Arrays do not.
Implementation
public function get hasRoot():Boolean initialized | property |
initialized:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout: commitment, measurement, and layout (provided that any were required).
Implementation
public function get initialized():Boolean public function set initialized(value:Boolean):void keyEquivalentField | property |
keyEquivalentField:String| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The name of the field in the data provider that determines the
key equivalent for each menu item. The set of values is defined
in the Keyboard class, in the KEYNAME_XXXX constants. For example,
consult that list for the value for a control character such as Home, Insert, etc.
Setting the keyEquivalentFunction property causes this property to be ignored.
The default value is "keyEquivalent".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the keyEquivalentChanged event.
Implementation
public function get keyEquivalentField():String public function set keyEquivalentField(value:String):voidRelated API Elements
keyEquivalentFunction | property |
keyEquivalentFunction:Function| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The function that determines the key equivalent for each menu item.
If you omit this property, Flex uses the contents of the field or
attribute specified by the keyEquivalentField property.
If you specify this property, Flex ignores any keyEquivalentField
property value.
The keyEquivalentFunction property is good for handling formatting,
localization, and platform independence.
The key equivalent function must take a single argument, which is the item in the data provider, and must return a String.
myKeyEquivalentFunction(item:Object):String The default value is "undefined".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the keyEquivalentFunctionChanged event.
Implementation
public function get keyEquivalentFunction():Function public function set keyEquivalentFunction(value:Function):voidRelated API Elements
keyEquivalentModifiersFunction | property |
keyEquivalentModifiersFunction:Function| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The function that determines the key equivalent modifiers for each menu item.
If you omit this property, Flex uses its own default function to determine the
Array of modifiers by looking in the data provider data for the presence of
the following (boolean) fields: altKey, commandKey,
controlKey, and shiftKey.
The keyEquivalentModifiersFunction property is good for handling
formatting, localization, and platform independence.
The key equivalent modifiers function must take a single argument, which is the item in the data provider, and must return an array of modifier key names.
myKeyEquivalentModifiersFunction(item:Object):Array The default value is "undefined".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the keyEquivalentModifiersFunctionChanged event.
Implementation
public function get keyEquivalentModifiersFunction():Function public function set keyEquivalentModifiersFunction(value:Function):void labelField | property |
labelField:String| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The name of the field in the data provider that determines the
text to display for each menu item. If the data provider is an Array of
Strings, Flex uses each string value as the label. If the data
provider is an E4X XML object, you must set this property explicitly.
For example, if each XML elementin an E4X XML Object includes a "label"
attribute containing the text to display for each menu item, set
the labelField to "@label".
In a label, you can specify the character to be used as the mnemonic index
by preceding it with an underscore. For example, a label value of "C_ut"
sets the mnemonic index to 1. Only the first underscore present is used for this
purpose. To display a literal underscore character in the label, you can escape it
using a double underscore. For example, a label value of "C__u_t" would
result in a menu item with the label "C_ut" and a mnemonic index of 3 (the "t"
character). If the field defined in the mnemonicIndexField property
is present and set to a value greater than zero, that value takes precedence over
any underscore-specified mnemonic index value.
Setting the labelFunction property causes this property to be ignored.
The default value is "label".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the labelFieldChanged event.
Implementation
public function get labelField():String public function set labelField(value:String):void labelFunction | property |
labelFunction:Function| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The function that determines the text to display for each menu item. The label function must find the appropriate field or fields in the data provider and return a displayable string.
If you omit this property, Flex uses the contents of the field or
attribute specified by the labelField property.
If you specify this property, Flex ignores any labelField
property value.
The labelFunction property can be helpful for handling formatting,
localization, and platform-independence.
The label function must take a single argument, which is the item in the data provider, and must return a String.
myLabelFunction(item:Object):String The default value is "undefined".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the labelFunctionChanged event.
Implementation
public function get labelFunction():Function public function set labelFunction(value:Function):void mnemonicIndexField | property |
mnemonicIndexField:String| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The name of the field in the data provider that determines the mnemonic index for each menu item.
If the field specified by this property contains a number greater than zero, that mnemonic index takes precedence over one specified by an underscore in the label.
Setting the mnemonicIndexFunction property causes
this property to be ignored.
The default value is "mnemonicIndex".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the mnemonicIndexChanged event.
Implementation
public function get mnemonicIndexField():String public function set mnemonicIndexField(value:String):voidRelated API Elements
mnemonicIndexFunction | property |
mnemonicIndexFunction:Function| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The function that determines the mnemonic index for each menu item.
If you omit this property, Flex uses the contents of the field or
attribute specified by the mnemonicIndexField property.
If you specify this property, Flex ignores any mnemonicIndexField
property value.
If this property is defined and the function returns a number greater than zero for a data item, the returned mnemonic index takes precedence over one specified by an underscore in the label.
The mnemonicIndexFunction property is good for handling formatting,
localization, and platform independence.
The mnemonic index function must take a single argument which is the item in the data provider and return an int.
myMnemonicIndexFunction(item:Object):int The default value is "undefined".
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the mnemonicIndexFunctionChanged event.
Implementation
public function get mnemonicIndexFunction():Function public function set mnemonicIndexFunction(value:Function):void nativeMenu | property |
nativeMenu:NativeMenu [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns the flash.display.NativeMenu managed by this object, or null if there is not one. Any changes made directly to the underlying NativeMenu instance may be lost when changes are made to the menu or the underlying data provider.
This property can be used as the source for data binding. When this property is modified, it dispatches the nativeMenuUpdate event.
Implementation
public function get nativeMenu():NativeMenu nestLevel | property |
nestLevel:int| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Depth of this object in the containment hierarchy. This number is used by the measurement and layout code. The value is 0 if this component is not on the DisplayList.
Implementation
public function get nestLevel():int public function set nestLevel(value:int):void numAutomationChildren | property |
numAutomationChildren:int [read-only] | Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
The number of automation children this container has. This sum should not include any composite children, though it does include those children not significant within the automation hierarchy.
Implementation
public function get numAutomationChildren():int processedDescriptors | property |
processedDescriptors:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Set to true after immediate or deferred child creation,
depending on which one happens. For a Container object, it is set
to true at the end of
the createComponentsFromDescriptors() method,
meaning after the Container object creates its children from its child descriptors.
For example, if an Accordion container uses deferred instantiation,
the processedDescriptors property for the second pane of
the Accordion container does not become true until after
the user navigates to that pane and the pane creates its children.
But, if the Accordion had set the creationPolicy property
to "all", the processedDescriptors property
for its second pane is set to true during application startup.
For classes that are not containers, which do not have descriptors,
it is set to true after the createChildren()
method creates any internal component children.
Implementation
public function get processedDescriptors():Boolean public function set processedDescriptors(value:Boolean):void showInAutomationHierarchy | property |
showInAutomationHierarchy:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
A flag that determines if an automation object shows in the automation hierarchy. Children of containers that are not visible in the hierarchy appear as children of the next highest visible parent. Typically containers used for layout, such as boxes and Canvas, do not appear in the hierarchy.
Some controls force their children to appear
in the hierarchy when appropriate.
For example a List will always force item renderers,
including boxes, to appear in the hierarchy.
Implementers must support setting this property
to true.
Implementation
public function get showInAutomationHierarchy():Boolean public function set showInAutomationHierarchy(value:Boolean):void showRoot | property |
showRoot:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
A Boolean flag that specifies whether to display the data provider's root node.
If the data provider has a root node, and the showRoot property
is set to false, the top-level menu items displayed by the
FlexNativeMenu control correspond to the immediate descendants of the root node.
This flag has no effect when using a data provider without a root nodes, such as a List or Array.
The default value is true.
Implementation
public function get showRoot():Boolean public function set showRoot(value:Boolean):voidRelated API Elements
updateCompletePendingFlag | property |
updateCompletePendingFlag:Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout validation (provided that any were required).
Implementation
public function get updateCompletePendingFlag():Boolean public function set updateCompletePendingFlag(value:Boolean):void FlexNativeMenu | () | Constructor |
public function FlexNativeMenu()| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Constructor.
commitProperties | () | method |
protected function commitProperties():void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Processes the properties set on the component.
Related API Elements
createAutomationIDPart | () | method |
public function createAutomationIDPart(child:IAutomationObject):Object| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns a set of properties that identify the child within this container. These values should not change during the lifespan of the application.
Parameters
child:IAutomationObject — Child for which to provide the id.
|
Object — Sets of properties describing the child which can
later be used to resolve the component.
|
createAutomationIDPartWithRequiredProperties | () | method |
public function createAutomationIDPartWithRequiredProperties(child:IAutomationObject, properties:Array):Object| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns a set of properties that identify the child within this container. These values should not change during the lifespan of the application.
Parameters
child:IAutomationObject — Child for which to provide the id.
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properties:Array |
Object — Sets of properties describing the child which can
later be used to resolve the component.
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display | () | method |
public function display(stage:Stage, x:int, y:int):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Pops up this menu at the specified location.
Parameters
stage:Stage — The Stage object on which to display this menu.
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x:int — The number of horizontal pixels, relative to the origin of stage,
at which to display this menu.
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y:int — The number of vertical pixels, relative to the origin of stage,
at which to display this menu.
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getAutomationChildAt | () | method |
public function getAutomationChildAt(index:int):IAutomationObject| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Provides the automation object at the specified index. This list should not include any children that are composites.
Parameters
index:int — The index of the child to return
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IAutomationObject — The child at the specified index.
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getAutomationChildren | () | method |
invalidateProperties | () | method |
public function invalidateProperties():void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Marks a component so that its commitProperties()
method gets called during a later screen update.
Invalidation is a useful mechanism for eliminating duplicate work by delaying processing of changes to a component until a later screen update. For example, if you want to change the text color and size, it would be wasteful to update the color immediately after you change it and then update the size when it gets set. It is more efficient to change both properties and then render the text with its new size and color once.
Invalidation methods rarely get called. In general, setting a property on a component automatically calls the appropriate invalidation method.
itemToKeyEquivalent | () | method |
protected function itemToKeyEquivalent(data:Object):String| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns the key equivalent for the given data object
based on the keyEquivalentField and keyEquivalentFunction
properties. If the method cannot convert the parameter to a String, it returns an
empty string.
Parameters
data:Object — Object to be displayed.
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String — The key equivalent based on the data.
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itemToKeyEquivalentModifiers | () | method |
protected function itemToKeyEquivalentModifiers(data:Object):Array| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns the key equivalent modifiers for the given data object
based on the keyEquivalentModifiersFunction property.
If the method cannot convert the parameter to an Array of modifiers,
it returns an empty Array.
Parameters
data:Object — Object to be displayed.
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Array — The array of key equivalent modifiers based on the data.
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itemToLabel | () | method |
protected function itemToLabel(data:Object):String| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns the String to use as the menu item label for the given data
object, based on the labelField and labelFunction
properties.
If the method cannot convert the parameter to a String, it returns a
single space.
Parameters
data:Object — Object to be displayed.
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String — The string to be displayed based on the data.
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itemToMnemonicIndex | () | method |
protected function itemToMnemonicIndex(data:Object):int| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Returns the mnemonic index for the given data object
based on the mnemonicIndexField and mnemonicIndexFunction
properties. If the method cannot convert the parameter to an integer, it returns -1.
Parameters
data:Object — Object to be displayed.
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int — The mnemonic index based on the data.
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parseLabelToMnemonicIndex | () | method |
protected function parseLabelToMnemonicIndex(data:String):int| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Extracts the mnemonic index from a label based on the presence of an underscore character. It finds the leading underscore character if there is one and uses that as the index.
Parameters
data:String — The data to parse for the index.
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int — The index.
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parseLabelToString | () | method |
protected function parseLabelToString(data:String):String| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Determines the actual label to be used for the NativeMenuItem by removing underscore characters and converting escaped underscore characters, if there are any.
Parameters
data:String — The data to parse for the label.
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String — The label.
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replayAutomatableEvent | () | method |
public function replayAutomatableEvent(event:Event):Boolean| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Replays the specified event. A component author should probably call super.replayAutomatableEvent in case default replay behavior has been defined in a superclass.
Parameters
event:Event — The event to replay.
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Boolean — true if a replay was successful.
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resolveAutomationIDPart | () | method |
public function resolveAutomationIDPart(criteria:Object):Array| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Resolves a child by using the id provided. The id is a set
of properties as provided by the createAutomationIDPart() method.
Parameters
criteria:Object — Set of properties describing the child.
The criteria can contain regular expression values
resulting in multiple children being matched.
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Array — Array of children that matched the criteria
or null if no children could not be resolved.
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setContextMenu | () | method |
public function setContextMenu(component:InteractiveObject):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Sets the context menu of the InteractiveObject to the underlying native menu.
Parameters
component:InteractiveObject — The interactive object.
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unsetContextMenu | () | method |
public function unsetContextMenu(component:InteractiveObject):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Unsets the context menu of the InteractiveObject that has been set to the underlying native menu.
Parameters
component:InteractiveObject — The interactive object.
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validateDisplayList | () | method |
public function validateDisplayList():void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Validates the position and size of children and draws other
visuals.
If the LayoutManager.invalidateDisplayList() method is called with
this ILayoutManagerClient, then the validateDisplayList() method
is called when it's time to update the display list.
validateNow | () | method |
public function validateNow():void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Validates and updates the properties and layout of this object and redraws it, if necessary.
validateProperties | () | method |
public function validateProperties():void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Validates the properties of a component.
If the LayoutManager.invalidateProperties() method is called with
this ILayoutManagerClient, then the validateProperties() method
is called when it's time to commit property values.
validateSize | () | method |
public function validateSize(recursive:Boolean = false):void| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Validates the measured size of the component
If the LayoutManager.invalidateSize() method is called with
this ILayoutManagerClient, then the validateSize() method
is called when it's time to do measurements.
Parameters
recursive:Boolean (default = false)true, call this method
on the objects children.
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itemClick | Event |
mx.events.FlexNativeMenuEventproperty FlexNativeMenuEvent.type =
mx.events.FlexNativeMenuEvent.ITEM_CLICK| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Dispatched when a menu item is selected.
The FlexNativeMenuEvent.ITEM_CLICK event type constant indicates that the user selected a menu item.The properties of the event object for this event type have the following values. Not all properties are meaningful for all kinds of events. See the detailed property descriptions for more information.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | true |
currentTarget | The Object that defines the
event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use
myButton.addEventListener() to register an event listener,
myButton is the value of the currentTarget. |
index | The index in the menu of the selected menu item. |
item | The item in the dataProvider that was selected. |
label | The label text of the selected menu item. |
nativeMenu | The specific NativeMenu instance associated with this event. |
nativeMenuItem | The specific NativeMenuItem instance associated with this event. |
target | The Object that dispatched the
event; it is not always the Object listening for the event.
Use the currentTarget property to always access the
Object listening for the event. |
type | FlexNativeMenuEvent.ITEM_CLICK |
menuShow | Event |
mx.events.FlexNativeMenuEventproperty FlexNativeMenuEvent.type =
mx.events.FlexNativeMenuEvent.MENU_SHOW| Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
| Product Version: | Flex 3 |
| Runtime Versions: | AIR 1.1 |
Dispatched before a menu or submenu is displayed.
The FlexNativeMenuEvent.MENU_SHOW type constant indicates that the mouse pointer rolled a menu or submenu opened.The properties of the event object for this event type have the following values. Not all properties are meaningful for all kinds of events. See the detailed property descriptions for more information.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | true |
currentTarget | The Object that defines the
event listener that handles the event. For example, if you use
myButton.addEventListener() to register an event listener,
myButton is the value of the currentTarget. |
index | -1. This property is not set for this type of event. |
item | null. This property is not set for this type of event. |
label | null. This property is not set for this type of event. |
nativeMenu | The specific NativeMenu instance associated with this event. |
nativeMenuItem | null. This property is not set for this type of event. |
target | The Object that dispatched the
event; it is not always the Object listening for the event.
Use the currentTarget property to always access the
Object listening for the event. |
type | FlexNativeMenuEvent.MENU_SHOW |
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